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Peritoneal Cancer Treatment

Peritoneal cancer treatment can be hard on your body and will be just as bad as the cancer itself. The peritoneal cancer treatment is going to be difficult and can involve many different things depending on how bad the peritoneal cancer is.

Peritoneal Cancer Prognosis

On the whole, peritoneal cancer prognosis is not good, and the average median life expectancy after the disease has been diagnosed is anything between 12 and 25 months. There are, however, extreme cases, and these range from anything from four months to, in an unprecedented case, 60 months.

Secondary Peritoneal Cancer

Secondary peritoneal cancer, unlike the normal form of peritoneal cancer has a known cause. The disease is caused when another cancer spreads to different areas of the body. The patient may have had a good prognosis when he was initially diagnosed with the cancer, but getting a diagnosis of secondary peritoneal cancer reduces his chances of survival.

Peritoneal Cancer Stages

Peritoneal cancer stages are graded in the same way as stages of ovarian cancer, which is in terms of the regulations established by the International Federation of Gynacology and Obstetrics. The grading is undertaken in this way as the symptoms of peritoneal cancer, which affects the inner lining of the abdomen (the peritoneum), are almost identical to those of ovarian cancer.

Peritoneal Cancer Surgery

Peritoneal cancer surgery is often recommended as one of three major treatment procedures when the lining of the abdominal cavity, called the peritoneum, shows symptoms of cancer infestation. Initial symptoms often mirror those of ovarian cancer, such as a feeling of constant bloating, vaginal bleeding, diarrhea and constipation, nausea, unintended weight loss or gain, and a decrease in appetite.